“It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world”: it was George Washington’s Farewell Address to us. The inaugural pledge of Thomas Jefferson was no less clear: “Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations-entangling alliances with none.”

Good quotes. Our founding fathers had it right. Too bad now that we have these alliances it might destabilize things to totally withdraw now. I’m sure there ARE many areas which we can withdraw to some extent. The EMPIRE is on the backs of the people of the US and to the benefit of those who have allegiance to no country.